aperitivo
concept / concept-aperitivo
アペリティーヴォ
Aperitivo is an Italian word for a drink taken before a meal and the associated custom. A dictionary connects its etymology to the Latin word for "to open". Bitter alcoholic drinks have often been described as serving this role.
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According to the Treccani vocabulary dictionary, the Italian word aperitivo goes back to Medieval Latin aperitivus (from the verb aperire), while its noun use arose through the French apéritif. The dictionary defines aperitivo as an alcoholic drink based on aged wines or vermouth, or on bitter botanical materials such as cinchona, rhubarb, and artichoke.
A paper in a peer-reviewed journal recounts that Gaspare Campari devised the drink bearing his name in Italy in 1860 as a 「苦いアペリティーヴォ」 (in translation: "bitter aperitivo") to compete with vermouth. The paper says Campari’s botanical recipe differs from vermouth and contains more than sixty herbs, roots, and barks, including cascarilla, cinchona bark, rhubarb stalks, bergamot essential oil, and ginseng roots. This account relies on a primary source cited by the paper; that original source has not itself been checked.
Sources for this overview
Checked for this overview: Used the etymology and definition of aperitivo in the Treccani dictionary.
Tracing the Volatilomic Fingerprint of the Most Popular Italian Fortified Wines
Checked for this overview: Used the account of Campari’s creation and the composition of its botanical recipe.
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Culture (2)
Scope: Treccani vocabulary dictionary, aperitivo entry.
Note: [Discourse note] 『食欲を刺激』 (in translation: "stimulate appetite") and 『消化を助ける』 (in translation: "aid digestion") paraphrase the dictionary’s definition and do not assert that such effects actually exist. Amaro was adopted as the subject of this claim as one component mentioned in this definition.
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concept-aperitivo —is_defined_in_dictionary_as→ "『aperitivo』 goes back to Medieval Latin aperitivus (meaning 『排出の道を開くもの』 (in translation: "something that opens the way for excretion"), from aperire); its noun use is described as coming through French apéritif. The Treccani vocabulary dictionary defines it as an alcoholic drink based on aged wine, vermouth, or bitter botanical ingredients such as cinchona, rhubarb, and artichoke, described as stimulating appetite and sometimes aiding digestion."Scope: Layer: Literature (background account in a peer-reviewed journal).
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concept-aperitivo —includes→ "The paper says that Gaspare Campari devised the eponymous drink in Italy in 1860 as a 『苦いアペリティーヴォ』 (in translation: "bitter aperitivo") to compete with vermouth. The same paper says that Campari’s botanical recipe differs from vermouth and consists mainly of more than 60 herbs, roots, and barks, including cascarilla, cinchona bark, rhubarb stalks, bergamot essential oil, and ginseng roots."